Vivienne Poy is a Canadian businesswoman,author and philanthropist. She served as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1998 until her retirement in 2012.
Jean Augustine is a Grenada-born Canadian politician. She was the first Black Canadian woman to serve as a federal Minister of the Crown and Member of Parliament.
Barbara Jean McDougall is a former Canadian politician. She served as a Member of Parliament from 1984 to 1993,and as Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1991 to 1993. She did not run again in the 1993 Canadian federal election which saw the incumbent Progressive Conservative government reduced to two seats in the House of Commons.
Ronalee Ambrose Veitch is a Canadian former politician who was interim leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of the Opposition between 2015 and 2017. She was the Conservative Party member of the House of Commons for Sturgeon River—Parkland between 2015 and 2017,and had previously represented Edmonton—Spruce Grove from 2004 to 2015.
Pamela Wallin is a Canadian senator,former television journalist,and diplomat. She was appointed to the senate on January 2,2009,where she initially sat as a Conservative.
Joseph Ferdinand Martial Asselin was a Canadian politician and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1990–1996).
Frances Lankin,,is a Canadian senator,former president and CEO of United Way Toronto,and a former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister in the NDP government of Bob Rae between 1990 and 1995. From 2010 to 2012,she co-chaired a government commission review of social assistance in Ontario. From 2009 to 2016,she was a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
Wilbert Joseph Keon was a Canadian physician. A heart surgeon and researcher by profession,Keon was a longtime Canadian senator.
Ruby Dhalla is a Canadian actress,activist,model and former politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Brampton—Springdale in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the House of Commons of Canada.
Janis Guðrún Johnson is a Canadian retired senator who represented the province of Manitoba.
Mobina S. B. Jaffer is a Canadian Senator representing British Columbia.
Megan Anissa Leslie is a Canadian politician and environmental advocate. She is the president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWFC) and on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
Dr. Khristinn Kellie Leitch is a Canadian surgeon and former politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Simcoe—Grey from 2011 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. She was first elected in the 2011 federal election,succeeding Member of Parliament Helena Guergis who was dismissed from the Conservative Party caucus. Following her election,Leitch was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. On July 15,2013,Prime Minister Stephen Harper named Leitch Minister of Labour and Minister for the Status of Women. She served in Cabinet until the defeat of the Conservative government in the 2015 federal election. Leitch ran in the 2017 contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party. On January 23,2018,Leitch announced that she would not be seeking re-election for the 43rd Canadian federal election and would return to being a full-time surgeon.
Yuen Pau Woo is a Canadian politician and academic who has served as a senator from British Columbia (BC) since 2016. He was previously facilitator of the Independent Senators Group (ISG),taking on the role from September 2017 until January 2022. Woo was also the president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada,a Vancouver-based think-tank on Canada–Asia relations,until August 11,2014.
The 41st Canadian Parliament was in session from June 2,2011 to August 2,2015,with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the 2011 federal election held on May 2,2011. Parliament convened on June 2,2011,with the election of Andrew Scheer as Speaker,followed the next day with the Speech from the Throne. There were two sessions in this Parliament. On August 2,2015,Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and issue the writ of election,leading to an 11-week election campaign period for the 2015 federal election. Significant legislation adopted during the 41st Parliament included the Copyright Modernization Act,the Safe Streets and Communities Act,the Jobs,Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act,the Jobs and Growth Act and the Fair Elections Act.
Douglas John Black is a lawyer and former Canadian senator and from Alberta,Canada. He was appointed to the Senate on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's advice on January 25,2013,having won a Senate nominee election in 2012. He resigned from the Senate on October 31,2021,in order to return to private life.
Denise Leanne Batters is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Saskatchewan since January 25,2013. She was briefly ousted from the national Conservative Party of Canada caucus from November 2021 to February 2022,after criticizing then-leader Erin O'Toole,but remained a member of the Senate Conservative Caucus.
Ratna Omidvar is a Canadian politician and academic,who was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Ontario on March 18,2016.
Rosemary Moodie is a Canadian neonatal physician who was appointed to the Senate of Canada on December 12,2018. Moodie is a neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and Professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto's Department of Pediatrics.
Leslyn Lewis is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Haldimand—Norfolk since 2021. A member of the Conservative Party,Lewis contested the party leadership in the 2020 leadership election,placing third. She was the first visible minority woman to run for the federal Conservative Party leadership. She is known for her socially conservative views.
